In front of the furry shop.
Lu Yao handed Luo Huan a temporary worker badge. Luo Huan took it and looked puzzled: "What for?"
"Put it on, we're going into the store." Lu Yao stepped forward and prepared to open the door.
Luo Huan lifted up the bracelet and took a look. The owner's name was engraved on the silver plate.
Jing Yuxi also has one on his wrist, but the color of the string is different from his.
Just like playing house, Luo Huan sneered and put on the bracelet silently.
Pushing open the door, Lu Yao walked in first, "The store just completed its expansion yesterday, and there are undersea tunnels connecting the various areas. Yuxi, take the kids for a stroll. If you have any questions, talk to Xiaoji or Qingmei. If that doesn't work, call me."
There was still an area that hadn't been checked, and she had to go over there as soon as possible.
As soon as he stepped into the door, Jing Yuxi noticed that the store was different.
The space expanded, and four or five half-open doors appeared on both sides of the transparent wall. Outside the doors was a transparent tunnel made of the same material as the wall, winding all the way in an unknown direction.
"It's only been a few days since I last came here, and the store has changed a lot." Lu Yao had already left, and Jing Yuxi had no choice but to look back at Luo Huan.
The young man turned around in shock, the astonishment in his eyes still not fading. He noticed Jing Yuxi's gaze, half-closed his eyelids, and tried his best to keep his voice flat: "Where is this place? Didn't we enter a pet store?"
Jing Yuxi looked at Luo Huan, as if he saw his former self, and said with a smile: "This is a pet shop, but it's a pet shop opened on the seabed. How is it? You haven't seen it before, right?"
Luo Huan looked up and saw a group of sardines swarming past him like a flock of sparrows.
It is indeed not a wallpaper, nor a special effect.
What he saw was completely beyond his imagination and expectations, constantly impacting his cognition and making him unable to recover for a long time.
He nodded blankly, and suddenly felt warm at his feet.
In the cold seabed, after the shock, the furry and warm touch is particularly obvious.
Luo Huan lowered his head, and his cold expression could hardly be maintained.
A black cat was rubbing its tail up against his trouser leg eagerly.
It was a deep ocean outside, but there were actually furries in the store.
Its entire body is dark, with smooth and shiny skin, except for its two front paws which are pure white. It looks like dark clouds treading on snow. This cat is well kept.
"I've never seen this cat before. It must be a new employee. Everything in the store is good, except that there are not enough cats to pet." Jing Yuxi squatted down, picked up the lonely white socks, walked to the tunnel with the "Octopus Room" sign, and asked Luo Huan: "Do you want to go over and take a look?"
Luo Huan felt a little regretful for not picking up the black cat first, "You haven't been outside yet?"
Jing Yuxi held up the white socks with both hands and shook his head. "There were no tunnels when I came here last time. The places outside are all newly built, and I haven't seen them yet. Many people go over there. Let's go and see what they are playing."
The transparent tunnel is almost integrated with the sea water, and deep-sea fish swim along the wall from time to time, from the side, under the feet, or over the head.
Luo Huan and Jing Yuxi walked very slowly, feeling terrified yet also a little uncontrollable excitement.
A real deep-sea tunnel. You can walk in it and observe seaweed, corals and fish up close. Everything is very novel.
It’s just that the white socks were a bit heavy. Jing Yuxi carried it for a while, but he couldn’t hold it anymore, so he had to put it down.
As soon as the white socks landed on the ground, they ran towards the octopus room, and Jing Yuxi and Luo Huan couldn't catch up with them.
"This octopus-shaped room is like an amusement park. It's so interesting." Jing Yuxi slowly accelerated and turned back to call Luo Huan, "Come on, there's a slide here."
Luo Huan made a "tsk" sound, didn't say anything more, and followed slowly.
They arrived at a very inappropriate time. Most of the guests had already played on the octopus tentacle slide and went to the jellyfish room and sea urchin room on the other side to play.
After the guests dispersed, there were not too many people left in each area, and there was just enough empty space on the slide.
Jing Yuxi thought Luo Huan was too slow, so he took the slide down first.
Luo Huan found White Socks who had arrived earlier - the big black cat was lazily lying on the cat climbing frame, licking its fur and washing its face.
He held White Socks in his arms and walked towards the octopus slide, "Don't be afraid, play with your brother."
When White Socks first came to the store, it was a timid little kitten, but stray cats have strong adaptability and it became a veteran in just a few days.
A guest had taken it to play on the slide before, sliding from the beginning to the end. It was not afraid, but rather enjoyed it a bit.
Luo Huan held White Socks tightly in his arms. It was very well behaved and did not struggle or make any noise.
The man and the cat slid safely to the bottom following the undulating curves of the octopus's tentacles.
White Socks rolled over like a pig, jumped onto the low table in the corner, squatted at the window, and looked at the scenery while wagging its tail.
Luo Huan lay on the slide in a daze. It took him a long time to sit up. He walked to the low table and sat down. When he saw the scenery outside the window, he could no longer suppress the surprise in his eyes.
Outside the window, there are blue sky and white clouds, and the sun is scorching.
He felt like he had turned into a fish, living in a huge fish tank, placed by his owner on the windowsill, spying on the outside world through the glass.
Luo Huan sat there for a long time, with a lot of complicated thoughts in his mind, until he heard a soft "meow" and came back to his senses.
White Socks got tired of it, so he squatted at the octopus's door handle, wagging his tail and meowing at him.
Luo Huan stood up, grasped the door handle and opened it, surprise showing on his face again.
White Socks squeezed through the crack in the door and ran out in small steps, then turned back and urged: "Meow~"
Luo Huan followed the kitten's pace in a daze, sat on the octopus hot air balloon, slowly rose, and his vision gradually widened.
The dancing garden eels in the sea, the swaying corals with the ocean currents, the colorful schools of fish, and the occasional large predatory sea beasts...
The mysterious and magnificent scenery of the seabed unfolded before his eyes one by one.
This is definitely not a beautiful view that can be captured in a fish tank, so where exactly is this
Jing Yuxi came up first. Seeing Luo Huan coming back, he stood up and said, "I heard there are more interesting sea urchin rooms and jellyfish rooms over there. They are waiting for you."
Luo Huan held the white socks, his face brightened up, and he asked with interest, "Are the sea urchin rooms, jellyfish rooms, and octopus rooms different?"
"I heard other guests chatting, and it seems that you can borrow tools to pick up sea urchins in the sea in the sea urchin room. By the way, don't bring cats to the jellyfish room, it seems to be a bird room."
"Bird?" Luo Huan rubbed the white socks in his arms.
The big fat cat has thick, soft and smooth fur, and it will even snore comfortably when you rub it.
"Well, there are a lot of customers playing over there. I heard there are cockatiels and lovebirds, all of which are furry shop assistants who are on duty today." Jing Yuxi was very excited.
"Sister Yuxi, do you know where the guests here come from? It seems that except for us, no one else is wearing bracelets." Luo Huan asked.
They came in through the door and didn't meet any other customers, but there were quite a few people in the store.
He couldn't figure out where those customers came from, nor could he understand why the owner could open a shop in the deep sea.
These questions filled my mind. The more I read, the more confused I became, but I couldn't help but want to explore.
In other words, everything about the store stimulated his curiosity.
Jing Yuxi paused for a moment, then whispered, "Do you know the story of the mermaid?"
She had been here many times and knew that some of the fish in the sea would turn into humans after entering the store, which was almost the same as mermaids.
Luo Huan nodded.
Jing Yuxi coughed lightly and said, "I can't figure it out either. I just think the owner is a witch living in the deep sea. We also signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot reveal any secrets about the witch to the outside world. But I think the existence of her and this shop is more like a fairy tale for adults."
The adult world has no Santa Claus, no fairy tales, no miracles. It is like a pond that is no longer filled with fresh water.
Most of the fantasies about ideals and the future are gradually stripped away from the mind, and what remains are the most practical life issues.
But if you have the opportunity to come to this sea, you will encounter a magical furry shop.
There is no need to change deliberately or force yourself to become a better and more positive person.
Give up thinking, spend some time here quietly and relaxing with yourself, eat seafood, pet cats and birds, ride the slide, stroll in the deep sea...
Stop, take a break, and then get back to the normal routine of fighting life.
Jing Yuxi was curious about the owner, but when she saw Ji Feiming and Bai Jing's attitude towards the owner, she understood that this was not something they could figure out clearly, so it would be better for her to be confused and join in.
Luo Huan's light brown pupils glowed faintly, and he lifted up his white socks with all his strength, "Let's go to the sea urchin room first."
Jing Yuxi noticed something and chased after him, "You seem to be in a good mood?"
Luo Huan pursed his lips and shook his head, suddenly feeling a little shy.
Jing Yuxi's expression changed slightly, and Luo Huan changed a little.
The two arrive at the sea urchin room, where guests notice the white socks and bring small toys and snacks.
The fat cat that had been straying could not stand the temptation of food. Piglet rolled over, jumped out of Luo Huan's arms, and ran towards the food and toys with his tail erect.
"You heartless little thing." Luo Huan patted the fur on his body and laughed angrily.
"You can go downstairs from here." Jing Yuxi said.
The two walked down the stairs and reached the bottom. A hemispherical upside-down fish tank caught their eyes. The tank was already filled with a small amount of seafood.
Luo Huan clearly saw the customers leaving the store and turning into various fish, holding the ropes on the net bags in their mouths, or pulling up the net bags with their tails, and picking up seafood in groups of three or five in the sea urchin fields outside the wall membrane.
He looked at Jing Yuxi: "You knew it a long time ago?"
Jing Yuxi shook the light blue bracelet on her wrist and said, "I have a monthly pass and have been here many times. Without this, we can't enter this store at all, but they are different."
Luo Huan only realized the true meaning of "mermaid" at this time. His eyes were fixed on her bracelet. His expression was completely different from when he first came. After struggling for a long time, he couldn't help but ask: "How do I get the monthly card?"
"More than one million, ask the owner to make an appointment in advance." Jing Yuxi had expected him to ask, but did not laugh at him.
It’s hard to believe the magic of this store unless you come here in person.
Luo Huan lowered his head and calculated that with the New Year's money he had saved over the years and the pay from previous filmings, the monthly card would probably last for a few years.
"It's so fun to see them picking sea urchins. I want to go too." Jing Yuxi looked outside the wall membrane with longing in his eyes.
Luo Huan: "As long as you have a diving suit, it will be fine."
Jing Yuxi shook her head: "No. Forget it, let's go to the jellyfish room and take a look."
You can only watch but not play in the sea urchin field, which is too torturous.
The design of the jellyfish room was a little different. When they came in, several birds were standing on the small swings at different heights.
"It really is a birdhouse!" Jing Yuxi stared at the fat little bird on the swing and smiled from ear to ear, "It's so cute."
The yellow black chicken stood on the shortest horizontal bar. When he saw someone coming, he lowered his head and stretched his hand over. His meaning was very clear: rua me!
"The little fat chicken feels so soft to the touch!" Jing Yuxi rubbed the soft yellowish fur of the little black chicken and "died in battle" directly.
Free-range chickens such as Blackbreast and Blackbreast have strong personalities and are particularly good at acting coquettish, which makes it easy for people to "lose control".
Luo Huan looked around, puzzled: "Why is there no one here?"
Jing Yuxi: “It’s down there.”
The jellyfish tentacles are dense, and the number of hanging boxes in the jellyfish room is three times that of the octopus slide, but there are still many guests queuing.
The posture of the flower-hat jellyfish is so beautiful, and next to it is a jellyfish field. The beautiful jellyfish gather in one place, stretching their tentacles and swimming, which is fascinating.
Who doesn’t like watching jellyfish while sitting on a rotating jellyfish Ferris wheel
The two waited for a while, but there were too many people queuing downstairs, so they simply sat down and teased the little fat boy.
The little black chicken was very jealous. When Jing Yuxi took the time to rub the gray black chicken that was waiting obediently next to him, the yellow little black chicken bit him angrily and squeezed over with its head lowered, forcing the gray black chicken away.
Jing Yuxi couldn't help laughing and tapped the little chicken's head: "Why are you so petty?"
The little black chicken looked over with rosy eyes, her cheeks flushed with color and she looked proud, as if to say "you can only love me".
The melodious sound of the piano came from a distance, seeming to be there and not there.
Luo Huan's hand trembled, scaring away the little yellow peach that had landed on it, "Why is there a piano sound?"
Jing Yuxi listened for a while, then stood up and walked to the entrance of a tunnel: "It seems to be coming from here."
"We haven't been to this room yet." Luo Huan said.
Jing Yuxi: "Go and have a look."
This tunnel was particularly dark. Jing Yuxi and Luo Huan walked for almost ten minutes. The surrounding scenery gradually opened up, but they had not yet reached the end.
The sound of the piano was intermittent, occasionally accompanied by a few delicate and sharp "ying" sounds like the rubbing of leather against each other.
Luo Huan quickened his pace, "There's a whale!"
The two walked for another five minutes and finally saw the whale room at the end of the tunnel. It was a transparent room shaped like a round whale. There was a black piano in the huge whale's head, and someone was playing the piano.
"Shop owner." Jing Yuxi exclaimed in surprise.
She remembered the piano, which was still placed in the corridor outside the shopping street when she last came.
She didn't see it today and thought the owner had dealt with it. She never expected that the piano was moved here.
Jing Yuxi's pace became faster and faster, and he couldn't help but run.
Luo Huan was chasing after him, and when he reached the whale room, he couldn't help but stop.
The owner stood in front of the black piano with his back to them, playing a tune in an awkward manner.
Outside the transparent membrane, groups of killer whales rolled and swam, making endless "weeping" sounds.
"They are all killer whales. Can they understand?" Luo Huan's eyes widened in disbelief.
Jing Yuxi: "Don't underestimate whales. They are very smart and have their own way of communicating. Maybe you can really understand."
"Ying—" a long cry was heard, and a black shadow covered the top of the head.
Luo Huan looked up and saw three humpback whales swimming over the whale room, pressing down on him and making it difficult for him to breathe.
It's so huge.
The shop owner didn't know at this time that the intermittent piano sounds spread dozens of kilometers away. Countless deep-sea beasts heard the call from this sea area, roared in response, and swam towards the garbage sea.
The system alerted that someone was coming. Lu Yao turned sideways to look over and said, "You guys are here. Are you having fun?"
Jing Yuxi nodded, unable to take his eyes off the piano, "Why did you move the piano here?"
"There was no place to put it outside, and this room happened to be empty, so we moved it in." Lu Yao said.
The seabed is wide and flat. She was deeply impressed the last time she removed barnacles from humpback whales here.
She had a feeling that removing barnacles wouldn't be the last time, so when she considered expanding the store, she planned to build a whale room here.
The Whale Room is far away from the actual location of the Furry Shop and several other expanded areas. The room is large and empty, and a bit deserted.
Lu Yao moved the piano out of the warehouse, found a place to put it, and unexpectedly it suited his eyes very well.
She randomly pressed a few notes and saw a group of killer whales landing nearby.
They seemed to recognize her and danced to the sound of the piano.
"It's wonderful to put this piano here. This is the first time I know that whales can play the piano." Jing Yuxi's eyes were shining and he was so excited that he could hardly speak.
Luo Huan walked to the wall membrane and looked at the killer whales swimming outside, his eyes unable to move.
Weird, so cute.
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The red glow burned half the sky, and the setting sun hung on the top of the mountain, refusing to set.
Jing Yuxi and Luo Huan came out of the furry shop, still feeling unsatisfied.
In the store, time seemed to be accelerated.
They played in the whale room for a while, then went to the jellyfish room to ride the Ferris wheel, and returned to the main restaurant to eat some seafood. Before they had enough fun, it was closing time.
Standing at the door of the furry shop, the afterglow of the setting sun swept across his skin, bringing a hint of warmth. Luo Huan's expression was a little dazed, as if he had just woken up from a dream.
Jing Yuxi: "What's wrong?"
Luo Huan shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "This should not only be a fairy tale for adults, minors also need such a fairy tale."
Jing Yuxi raised his eyebrows and patted the boy's shoulder, "Let's go, it's time to go home."
Luo Huan nodded, took a step and then stopped, turned back and grabbed Lu Yao, "Shopkeeper, I want to apply for a monthly card for the Furry Shop."
Lu Yao looked at him and didn't agree immediately. "You're not yet an adult, right? Why don't you discuss it with your parents first?"
One million is not a small amount.
Luo Huan didn't want to wait and transferred the deposit directly.
Only after Jing Yuxi endorsed it for him did Lu Yao agree to come and pick up the card a week later.
On the way home, Luo Huan supported his chin with his elbow, looking at the trees and vehicles passing by quickly outside the window. His eyes were soft and the corners of his mouth were slightly curved.
Luo Huan plays a role in the play that is completely different from his own experience and personality, and he is also a juvenile delinquent villain.
In order to master the role, he looked up information and gained on-site knowledge, and came to know a world that was completely different from his life.
While playing that role, he experienced a very different lifestyle from his life so far.
Luo Huan mastered the role perfectly, and was even a little envious of certain qualities of the character that he could not possess.
Perhaps it is this mentality that makes him unable to get out of the role for a long time and unable to completely separate himself from the roles he has played.
The existence of this store tells him where the boundaries are.
Outside the door is reality.
You can dream as much as you want inside the door.